Lukasz
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Scott Hawkins:
Hi Scott, Is there a chance short story in Mount Char world that you mentioned on few occasions will see daylight any time soon? I've just finished Library and I'm in awe. And I need some fix. Sure, I can get your Linux book but I would prefer Mount Char based one ;) Best and thank you for crafting such a marvelous lecture.
Scott Hawkins
Thanks Lukas,
The TL;DR is that I did in fact write a Mount Char short story, but it sucked. The few people who've read it are in complete agreement that it would be a terrible idea to publish it in any form. It's just not very good, it would be an insult to anybody who liked the book, et. cetera. Also, ouch.
Anyway, that one is probably not going to see the light of day.
I'm working on an unrelated book right now, but I've been thinking a lot about why the short story that I tried to write failed so abysmally.
I think the problem was that I was trying to continue Carolyn's story, and her arc was largely done. When I get done with this book, I'm goign to take another whack at it. This time, the approach I'm going to take is to try writing from the point of view of one of the librarians who didn't get much screen time. We'll see how that goes.
I'm sincerely sorry I don't have more for you. Thanks for asking, though!
The TL;DR is that I did in fact write a Mount Char short story, but it sucked. The few people who've read it are in complete agreement that it would be a terrible idea to publish it in any form. It's just not very good, it would be an insult to anybody who liked the book, et. cetera. Also, ouch.
Anyway, that one is probably not going to see the light of day.
I'm working on an unrelated book right now, but I've been thinking a lot about why the short story that I tried to write failed so abysmally.
I think the problem was that I was trying to continue Carolyn's story, and her arc was largely done. When I get done with this book, I'm goign to take another whack at it. This time, the approach I'm going to take is to try writing from the point of view of one of the librarians who didn't get much screen time. We'll see how that goes.
I'm sincerely sorry I don't have more for you. Thanks for asking, though!
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Naomi
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Scott Hawkins:
Thanks for answering! I agree about the David/Carolyn scene, and I think it was handled really well. I actually felt that the bull scene was a lot more shocking. I also think the book is more dark fantasy than horror. How did you know when to make the switch from writing books for 'the drawer' to writing one that you felt was good enough to try and get published? Thanks!
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